Kanpur: The Government Railway Police and Railways Protection Force arrested an MBA pass out on charges of stealing bags containing cash and valuables of the train passengers on the Dibrugarh-Rajdhani Express.
The police said that Akshay Saxena of HAL colony was arrested on Sunday night.
He used to travel on a reserved berth in the VIP train and would steal backpacks and trolley bags of passengers after they went to sleep.
Circle Officer GRP, Qamrul Hasan said, There had been a major rise in theft cases in the Dibrugarh-Rajdhani train.
Thereafter, a joint team of GRP and RPF was constituted to initiate a search. The team started scrutinizing all those who de-boarded the coaches of the train on arrival at Kanpur Central through CCTV.
The police team found Akash Saxena was seen alighting from the train several times.
"Each time he de-boarded the train, he had a different trolley bag in his hand. After a doubt, he was identified from the CCTV footage. The passengers who made the complaint also identified him," said the circle officer.
During interrogation, Akash accepted that he used to board Dibrugarh-Rajdhani Express and travel from Kishanganj in Bihar on procuring a reservation ticket.
After midnight, when most of the passengers went to deep sleep, he would pick up their bags and get down as soon as the train arrived at Kanpur Central.
A large number of trolley bags and backpack bags were recovered from his house.
"He has been booked under relevant sections of IPC and sent to jail," said the police official.
